UPDATED: April 10, 2025 – 0745 CST – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada and Mexico won’t be subject to the same 10 per cent tariff as many other countries, despite initial White House reports. CBC, along with the Wall Street Journal, reported on Wednesday afternoon that 10 per cent tariffs were set to be applied to […] Read more
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Canadian farmers unscathed from ‘tariff dodgeball’
Grain markets have essentially moved sideways through the past week, despite Trump’s tariff announcements
Canada’s agriculture sector has emerged from last week’s U.S. tariffs announcement largely unscathed.
U.S. tariffs might help exports
Agri-food products from Mexico and Canada have preferential access to the U.S. market
The Trump tariffs that Canada’s agriculture sector had been fearing for months could turn out to be a big competitive advantage, say industry officials.
Tariffs throw U.S., Canadian farm machinery manufacturers into turmoil
REGINA, Saskatchewan (Reuters) – All around a recent farm show in Canada, equipment salespeople struggled to swing deals with farmers worried about tariffs. With some combines costing more than $800,000, a surprise price hike from a tariff would be a hit most farm budgets cannot easily take. Follow all our coverage of the tariffs situation […] Read more
Loss of markets overshadows federal election campaign
Farm organizations say rules-based, predictable trade environments are at the top of their wish lists for the next government
Ending tariffs, or preventing any new tariffs, overshadows all other issues so far in this federal election campaign. Trade is the number one concern affecting all sectors.
Canadian potato production set to decline
Tariffs on frozen, fresh and seed potatoes will be disruptive, but new processing plants will help Canada’s potato sector
Canadian sales of french fries, hash browns and frozen potatoes to America have doubled over the last five years.
No new U.S. tariffs on Canadian canola ‘welcome news’
National canola groups say risks of U.S. tariffs aren’t gone as growers fight two-front trade war
No new tariffs on Canadian canola products means some relief for Canadian canola farmers, though uncertainty remains, say Canada’s national canola organizations.
What do new widespread tariffs mean for Canadian agriculture and food?
Canada, Mexico not subject to new global rates, but plenty of global factors could hit home
UPDATED: April 3, 2025 – 1420 CST – Glacier FarmMedia – Retaliation against new U.S. tariffs from key agricultural producing regions like China and the EU will be worth monitoring in coming weeks. That’s according to Farm Credit Canada chief economist JP Gervais in a LinkedIn post Thursday morning. Follow all our coverage of the […] Read more
CUSMA-compliant goods maintain tariff exemption as Trump announces new duties
Trump says he will impose 10 per cent tariff on all imports, with higher rates for some
UPDATED: April 2, 2025 1635 CST – Washington | Reuters — President Donald Trump is not imposing his new 10 per cent global tariff rate on goods from Canada and Mexico while his previous order remains in place for up to 25 per cent tariffs on many goods from the two in connection to border […] Read more
Trump administration tells oil and biofuels groups to hash out new biofuel policy
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has asked oil and biofuels producers to hash out a deal on the next phase of the nation’s biofuels policy to avoid the kind of political clashes that marked his first term.
